Wednesday, April 28, 2004
The U.S. Government sues a 61 year old Pennsylvanian cafeteria worker for $2.1 million. Her claim; She is a Hawaiian Princess.
From Yahoo! News, "The government is suing a cafeteria worker who received a $2.1 million tax refund by claiming to be a Hawaiian princess and heir to a billion-dollar estate, authorities said.
The money that the Internal Revenue Service sent last month to Abigail Roberts, 61, who works in Widener University's cafeteria, came from funds the real princess had on deposit with the IRS, according to court documents.
Federal authorities say Roberts fooled the IRS by using the social security number of the genuine heiress, Abigail Kinoiki Kekaulike Kawananakoa, on her tax form."
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From Yahoo! News (Reuters), "Why is it so annoying to watch someone else make a mistake? Maybe because it affects the same areas of the brain as when a person makes his or her own mistake, Dutch researchers say.
Experiments in which volunteers tried a computer task and then watched each other do the same thing showed the brain reacted in a similar way whether the observer made the mistake, or watched someone else make it."
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Tuesday, April 27, 2004
A group of U.S.-Turkish explorers are planning an expedition to scale Mount Ararat in Turkey in hopes to find the ancient biblical structure.
From CNN, "An expedition is being planned for this summer to the upper reaches of Turkey's Mount Ararat where organizers hope to prove an object nestled amid the snow and ice is Noah's Ark.
A joint U.S.-Turkish team of 10 explorers plans to make the arduous trek up Turkey's tallest mountain, at 17,820 feet, from July 15 to August 15, subject to the approval of the Turkish government, said Daniel P. McGivern, president of Shamrock- The Trinity Corporation of Honolulu, Hawaii.
The goal: to enter what they believe to be a mammoth structure some 45 feet high, 75 feet wide and up to 450 feet long that was exposed in part by last summer's heat wave in Europe."
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Sunday, April 25, 2004
For "less than the price of a $30 cup of coffee," you can now subscribe to "The Onion" and their new Ad Free Premium service!
From WIRED, "America's finest news source, The Onion, launched a paid subscription service that will give its readers an ad-free version of the site, access to all of its archives and more content, the site told readers Thursday.
Readers can still get the weekly news for free. Subscribers pay for access to the bonus features, including the Onion Radio News, exclusive election coverage and the personal homepages of columnists like Herbert Kornfeld and Smoove B. Subscribers also get their Onion fix a day early, and receive e-mail updates on breaking news."
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Thursday, April 22, 2004
After nearly 2 years of waiting...
NetStumbler 0.4.0 has FINALLY been released. NetStumbler, a program used to detect Wireless Access Points (WAP's) from your computer has been updated. The new version now has fixes that allow Linksys WPC54G, Asus WL-100G, Dell TrueMobile 1300, Buffalo WLI-CB-G54A to use the program as many problems were reported with these cards.
If you are interested in this program you can download it for free at NetStumbler.
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